2D Lists: Connections #

This lab utilizes 2-dimensions lists to create the New York Times game, Connections.

Syllabus Topics [SL] #

B2.2.2 Construct programs that apply arrays and Lists.

[0] Set up #

💻 Go into your unit folder and clone your repo. Be sure to replace yourgithubusername with your actual username.

cd ~/desktop/dpcs/unit02_data_structures
git clone https://github.com/isf-dp-cs/lab_connections_yourgithubusername

💻 In the Terminal, type the following command to open the lab folder.

cd lab_connections_yourgithubusername

💻 Enter the Poetry Shell to start the lab. As a reminder, we will run this command at the start of each lab, but only when we are inside a lab folder.

poetry shell

👾 💬 Exiting the poetry shell
When you want to exit the shell, you can type exit or ^D

[1] System Overview: Diagram #

This how your command line user interface should be designed for the connections game.

Display the board as a 4x4 grid of randomly arranged words..

ram    | marker  | mug    | pencil
cup    | cpu     | crayon | pear
kiwi   | ssd     | orange | glass
gui    | pen     | apple  | bottle

A user inputs a guess for a category by typing each word, separated by a space

Enter guess, separate items with a space: apple kiwi pear orange

If they were successful, it displays the category.

Found the category: fruits

If they were unsuccessful, it displays a message.

Category not found...

If a category is found, it removes those words from the board.

cpu    | ssd     | pencil | pen
bottle | marker  | gui    | ram
glass  | mug     | crayon | cup

A message to communicate when the game is won

Congratulations on finding each category!

[2] Development #

💻 Construct code to complete each success criteria to build a command line version of Connections.

The guessable words from each category are scrambled and displayed as grid with 4 columns
The user inputs their guess of four words for a given category, receives feedback on their guess, and can guess until they find all four categories
When a user find a category, that category is removed from the board that is displayed

✏️ Go to your Google Drive and open the “Connections Worksheet” document. Take screenshots of your implementation and explain how you constructed it and why.

⚡✨ Once you complete the lab, be sure to complete these two steps:
✏️ Go to your Syllabus Content Checklist in your Google Drive and update it accordingly.
💻 Push your work to Github
git status
git add -A
git status
git commit -m "describe your code here"
git push
remote